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by stickfigure 1936 days ago
> I can cherry-pick several thousand twitter messages

I've heard this claim asserted before. I am unconvinced. Can you show me some examples?
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jl6 1936 days ago
https://terfisaslur.com/
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midasz 1936 days ago
an entire website with people saying things about terfs but not a single sentence explaining wtf a terf is, i'm too old for twitter feuds
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jl6 1936 days ago
You could Google it. I was just responding to the request for examples of hate groups running unchecked on Twitter.
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input_sh 1936 days ago
Trans-exclusionary radical feminist. So basically feminists that believe the femininity is endangered by the mere existence of male-to-female transgender people.

So basically transphobes that also larp as feminists.

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stickfigure 1936 days ago
How many of these posts are still up? The problem with "pictures of tweets" is that we can't check whether or not these were moderated. The controversy is not over whether garbage get posted, it's over what happens afterward.
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colesantiago 1936 days ago
trans women are women. period.
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jl6 1936 days ago
Some people disagree with that attempt to redefine words. This whole thread is about the right to have that disagreement in a civil fashion, or whether to shut down the thought process with phrases like “period”.
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_-david-_ 1936 days ago
This is highly debatable. In 100 years if an anthropologist was looking at the skeleton of a trans person they would beg to differ. If a doctor was looking at the DNA they would beg to differ.
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DarkWiiPlayer 1936 days ago
What does that have to do with anything? The link above is a collection of screenshots of incitement of violence happening on twitter.

a) Against whom or for what reason that incitement is happening if irrelevant.

b) Equating defending a persons right not to receive death threats to supporting their ideology is beyond dangerous.

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colesantiago 1936 days ago
> What does that have to do with anything?

It's a reminder, more to the point, is it a slur though?

If you are fine with denying someone's existence I am sure you can take whatever is coming to you from very people fighting against you.

> ...incitement of violence

I would disagree with the 'incitement of violence', but to be fair, I don't blame them either, I would have said the same as well.

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DarkWiiPlayer 1936 days ago
> If you are fine with denying someone's existence I am sure you can take whatever is coming to you from very people fighting against you.

Calling for people to be killed is never OK. Defending people who call for others to be killed is not OK.

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colesantiago 1936 days ago
Who said this was 'OK'?

Maybe don't deny the existence of people and perhaps you won't get those responses?

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klodolph 1936 days ago
Please do not support transphobia.
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jl6 1936 days ago
For the record, I support mainstream trans rights.

I fail to see how evidence of hate and violence coming from trans extremists is transphobic.

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